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precedented

British  
/ ˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a decision, etc) supported by having a precedent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But no one could predict how the next few years would go, not just for Noah but for life itself, when unprecedented times became exhaustingly very precedented.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022

"That second order is almost not precedented," Bone said.

From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2022

“Unlike what we were saying even a year ago, we have learned how to live through these precedented times,” CTG’s Pressman says over the phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022

The fifth was the 2021 Washington Huskies, who find themselves in a precedented predicament.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021

It is said to have been of the character of rheumatic fever, but its virulence and rapidity were scarcely precedented.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt

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